attach

Verb

Verb Forms: attached, attaching, attaches

• To fasten, join, or connect one thing to another.
• cause to be attached
• be attached; be in contact with
• become attached
  • "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
• create social or emotional ties
• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
• To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• To adhere; to be attached.
• To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
• To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
• To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
• To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
• To take, seize, or lay hold of.
• To arrest, seize.

Examples

• An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
• attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
• Dower will attach.
• I've attached the contract to this email.
• She will attach an ’S’ to her opponent’s word for an easy eight points.
• to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
• You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

Synonyms

bind, bond, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester, tie, accouple, adhere, affix, annex, assemble, associate, attach, bewed, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cohere, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, construct, couple, entwine, fay, fix, glue, graft, hitch, hook, hug, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, piece together, piecen, pinion, put together, splice, stick, stick together, stick with, unite, wed, yoke

Antonyms

detach, adhere, disengage, join, separate, unfasten

Related Words

attachment